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If the purging is not checked in four hours, give the same 

 again. Let his diet be dry meal, and let him have but little 

 water. Hay tea may be given as a drink. 



If it is intended to check the bowels at once, the following 

 may be given: 



Take— Tannin 40 grains. 



Tincture of opium 1 ounce. 



Tincture of kino 1 ounce. 



^^'ater 1 pint. 



Mix, and give as a drench. To be repeated in three hours, if necessary. 



But the safest plan is to use such remedies as the first of 

 the above prescriptions. By such a plan the unhealthy con- 

 dition of the bowels is corrected, and then the discharges 

 checked up. 



SCOURS IN COLTS. 



Scours, or diarrhea, is by no means an uncommon disease 

 among young colts, occurring from the age of a few days to a 

 few months. It resembles, in its character, cholera infantum 

 m the human infant, but occurs at a more tender age, gener- 

 ally. It is a very fatal disease, and especially so when harshly 

 treated. *^ 



Symj^toms.—The^e can hardly be mistaken. Very frequent 

 operations on the bowels, of a thin, watery, dirty character, 

 attended with griping pain; the spirit and strength of the colt 

 tan very fast; the discharges from the bowels become of a 

 green or slate color, and sickeningly offensive; and the pa- 

 tient dies from the effects of the loss of strength and internal 

 inflammation. All cases do not seem to be alike, but the 

 auove IS the general course of the disease. 



Causes.^Bad management or ill health of the mother is 

 the chief cause of scours in the foal. I will here refer the 

 reader to what has been said on breeding and raisino- I 



